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In this podcast
2:00 – Welcome Mark Ella
2:35 – Pride for his Indigenous background
4:40 – His childhood in La Perouse
6:57 – Where the Ella sporting gene comes from
8:24 – Playing hooker in rugby league
10:00 – Who was the star Ella as kids
10:50 – His star cousin Steve Ella
11:55 – Matraville High School & having to walk past the jail everyday
14:03 – Learning to play Rugby Union & the flat line
16:44 – The famous Invincible Australian Schoolboys team
18:07 – The secret fund from Harry Ella to get the Ella boys on tour
20:28 – Reaction to 3 Aboriginal kids playing a private school sports
22:30 – Kurtley Beale & the Wallabies wearing the Indigenous jersey
27:15 – Playing against his brothers in the selection trials
28:39 – The unseeable game at Twickenham
31:24 – Coming back from the tour and coming back on the front page of the paper
36:42 – First grade debut for Randwick
38:10 – Development under Bob Dwyer
39:50 – What he looks for in the first 15 minutes
40:44 – Not meant to be a coach and why he did it
41:55 – Getting brushed for a gold medal
42:20 – David Campese
44:18 – His job at Rothmans
46:45 – Wallabies debut
50:00 – The famous around the back pass
50:40 – Being dropped in 1982
52:55 – Becoming Wallabies captain
54:58 – Leadership
57:18 – Losing the Australian captaincy
59:42 – Bullet ball style of play
1:00:30 – Try against Ireland
1:00:57 – How they achieved the Grand Slam
1:02:43 – Why he retired at 25
1:03:38 – How close he came to going to St George Dragons
1:04:39 – Developing in the media
1:06:30 – Meeting Viv Richards and interviewing him
1:12:41 – Toughest opponent
1:13:15 – Funniest team mate
1:13:57 – Favorite ground to play at
1:15:58 – 5 people he would invite to a private dinner party
MARK ELLA
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My special guest is Mark Ella. Mark is a former Australian Rugby Union player and captain of the Wallabies. After debuting for the Wallabies on the 1979 tour of Argentina, Mark would play 25 tests for his country including 10 as captain. He would retire at the young age of 25 and post rugby has been involved in coaching, sports administration, corporate marketing and media.
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